Raw hard drive error can be very normal when you use the removable hard drive, it will lead to the data loss on the hard drive and make the hard drive inaccessible.

Fortunately, this problem is not impossible error, you can fix the error with some solutions here.

First, formatting is the easiest solution to convert raw to NTFS. you can format the hard drive if there is no important data on the device, then you can convert the raw file system easily.

But if Windows fails to complete the format or you have important data on the device, you can try another solution. CMD command prompt can also covert raw to NTFS or FAT32. But this solution is similar to formatting, so you still need to recover data first if you need them.

Recover data from raw drive without data loss

If you have needed data on the raw drive, you can try a data recovery software like iCare Data Recovery, which is a professional data recovery program with 100% security. It can recover all kinds of data, you can use it on all the removable storage device.